American Parrior.
« To speak his thoughts, ;
Is every Freeman’s right.’ :
BerreroNTE, Max 26,1817.
» The following prices will be given in
Bellefonte
For raw hides six cents per pound.
‘Calfskios ten cents per ditto.
oy
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Kind by the Credter and foended wpa tbe
nature of hipgs, Hence, if the candidaty;
be a Lderatist,] oppese him from princi
ple. Now as in Osteber next a governc:
is to be elected, ] try the rezpective candi
dates by the touchstone of the loregoing
principles, and whichever accords in polit-
ical ‘prigeiples with those I have adopted:
I shall support.
“hat Hiester once was a democrat I do
not doubt, when his circumstances compel
led him to recognize that mutual depen
dence subsisting between man ‘and man Ib
society. Then he was a demockat, But
For good merchantable chesnut-sak bark,’
[delivered before the first. of July, five
dollars per cord, red and black-oak bark,
Jour dollars and fity cents.
FOR THE PATRIOT.
Mr, Editor,
"The time for shearing sheep hav-
ing now come, and as a considerable num-
ber of the Merino breed has been introdus
ced into this county, perhaps it might be
useful to some of your customers to know
how to prepare the wool for the cards, and
for those who own carding machines to
know how to card it. The Eioving direc-
tons have been successfully practiced by
many, and are believed to be correct.
The wool ought to be washed on the
sheep’s back a short time before it is shorn.
To clean the wool of the yoik (or greasy
substance) take equal quantities of urine
" water; heat the mixture in a large
so that you can scarcely
bear your hand in it, and keep it that hot
over a slow fire ; put as much of the wool
in as you can stir conveniently 3 keep stir-
ing it with a stick for ten or fifteen min-
ates—Then take it out and let it drain,
putting in a fresh quantity into the kettle.
When it is well drained put it into a buck-
et, set the bucket in a tub and place them
under a spout of ciear runing water, stir.
ing the weol until it 1s clean. Then
spread it out on some clean place to dry.
When it is completely dry oil it with neals-
feet oil, or sweet oil, in the proportion of
one pint. to eight pounds of wool. The
carder ought to card the finest common
wool for some time previous to carding
Merino wool ; it will spoil it to card it af-}
ter coarse wool. The cards ought to be!
in good order or they will destroy the wool.
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kettle, or pot,
idence, the pride of greatnes
principles of our government.
when wealth flowed in upon him {rem a
thousand sources. and its concoinitant pew:
er dissolved the chain of mutual depen-
s swelled him
toa contempt of opinions which he had
tormerly held sacred. Hel was mortified
to see the poor man relaxing from his la-
bor, and on an election day becoming a
compeer of one whose wealth had raised
him fai above the commun level of man
kinq.—1hen he became a practical feder
alls’, A ;
These conclusions are drawn from facts.
That Heister was formerly a democrat,
will not be denied. That he is now a fed.
eralis, is certain ; for it ig trom federalists
he geeks his promotion. And it must be
from a conviction that he has adopted thelr
sentiments that they yield) him that sup-
port. Ifhcis nota federalist, beis a po-
litical hypocrite, who is wilting to sacrifice
all that is dear to an honorable man to grat-
ify his ambitioh, and deserves Lo be despi-
scd by all parties.
"To this candidate I, as a democratic re.
publican, am opposed.
The other candidate is a democrat from
principle, whose political opinions are
founded upon the genuine and fundamental
iis attach-
meat to these principles he has evinced on
all occasions.—Hence 1 conceive him to
be entiticd to my vote. Z.
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TROM THE SAME.
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THE SPANISH PATRIOTS.
The citizens of the United States can-
not regard with indifference the passing e-
vents in South America. An’ interest is
naturally excited in a contest, which will
evertuate in the triumph of liberty, or the
N.B. Weak lye, or soap suds will do;
to clean the wool but it makes it something
harsh. The above is the method practis-
ed at Danville Manatfactary, by Mr. Mrizs
the superintendant. If carefully observed
Merino wool will spin as well and with a8 the same ha
wuch facility as any other.
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From the Harrisburg Republican.
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THE QUESTION FAIRLY STATED:
Divest the governor’s election of all the
arts, frauds and tricks which have been in.
dustriously connected with it, and then let
a candid and generous mind, unbiasscd by
passion and unclouded by prejudice, de-
cide.
The freemen of the commonwealth, by
the wise institutions of our country, are to
elect in October next one of their number
to fill the executive chair. The state is
divided into two great parties, in whose po-
ltical opinions there is a radical difference.
DenocrAcY, from which democrats de-
rive their name, is a government consist-'
ag entirely of the people, who on
occasions collect and express their senti-|
ments in person on subjects of material con-
cern. But as this species of government
is not calculated for an extensive territory,
the sages of our revolution ingrafted repre-
sentation upon it, by which the voice ©
tire whole community is expressed through
the medium of représeatiives chosen ac-
cording to law. This representativy de-
mocracy is the fundamental principle on
which the politics of a sound democrat rest.
And 1 assert it with pride; that to this par.
ty I belong.
FEDERALISM, a plausible name, under
which men whose pride would not stoop
to recognize a right in the poorest man €=
qual to theirs, secks to conceal its deformi-
ty—Consists in a government, of wealth
and distinctions, where the voice of indi-
gence and obscurity is smothered by the
soundirg titles of pampered greatness—
where distinctions derived from wealth and
blood obtain. And that this species of go-
vernmentis the favorite of federalists, isa
fact attested by experience. 1 would not
here include all who have adopted that
pame, but only those who are at the head
-of the party.
Now upon this differen
creeds 1 found my opposition to federalism,
and it is this warms my attachment to de-
mocracy. And whenever I exercise the
most exalted privilege of a freeman, my
first enquiry is, to which of the great. po-
litical parties does the candidate belong ?
For I am opposed to the creed of federal
ists, from principles Interwoven with my
aatne ; and will not directly or indirectly
Support a Causey which militates against
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cc of political
extension of despotism.
The revolution that secnred to us our
rights as freemen, and established the con-
stitution under which we have flourished
as 2 nation, stimulated the Spanish putri-
ots tn an effort in the hope of atriving at
appy termination: but they
were not adapted either Ly nature or habit!
to the enjoyment ofthe liberty they so eq-
gerly grasped at. The wisdom and pru-
dence too, of 2 Washington was wanting,
to pilot them in the revolutionary tempest ;
and that union in the council and field
which so materially contributed to our
success, was destroyed on the Spanish main
by ambition and jealousy. Division weak:
ened the ranks:and palsied the efforts of
the votarvies of freedom! =
More than seven years have rolled away
since the bloody contest commenced, and
the balance yet Rh a can any one
say which scele will finally preponderate.
Every year has announced the destruction
of cities, the massacre of garrisons, and the
depopulation of provinces. A deadly ha-
tred urges the contendiny, aries to deeds
of brutal ferocity, disgraceful to civilized
all great man. Forgetting the established rales of]
warfare, they spare neither age nor scx.
In taking a city, the sword sweeps the
streets of its edifices to ashes.
While victory thus wavered, the patriots
have oft cast a wishful look to our republic
for succogs. What course policy dictates
to the Unitped States to pursue as regards
Spain, under the existing state of things, 1
will not at present attempt to point out;
but endeayour to trace the probable events
jikely to ensue, should success crown the
patriot arms.
It is not for man to remove the veil of
futuarity and look into the seeds of time, and
say which grain will grow, and which will
not ; but he may as a politician calculate
with reasonable certainty on certain effects
flowing from certain causes.
Spanish America extends more than four
thousand miles on the coast of the Pacific
Ocean, includes a population exceading
that of the United States, and possesses all
the varieties of climate, Its soil we are
informed is exceedingly fertile, and its mi-
neral treasures surpass those of any known
country. This region, on which nature
Las lavished her blessings, was inhabited
by Indian nations possessing more or less
the marks of civilization. The Peruyians
are represented to have been 2 peaple who
had made considerable advances in the
arts—who dwelt in well constructed cities,
and bowea in adoration only to the sun
{the great foun ain of light and source of
heat) as their god and protector.
Since the Spanish arins have overran this
and the adjacent provinces, menkish su-
perstition and Spanish indelence have re-
tarded the growth and prosperity of these
otherwise happy climes. Can a people
‘hat original equality stamped upon man
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tand Missouri, on the great Amazon, anc
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thus debasod by superstition and ackusoin Vow that cheval etan nth civ
ed from infancy to monarchical despolisin, fe Xnmiue ive dates : print your decision
be contcat with the government of he tuatit you Gave taken Ula 10 teliberateesil
jaws, and avoid those extremes which Gis- {tends but 10 U2 Ou saniuable trafic
graced the French revolution should theyifor votes, a nies spbie. uge to deceive a
he successful? I think we may auswer int weak attempt to defiuad, 294 by the man
the affirmative, when we consider that pear who is offered ta ine puopie for their Sos
eight years war has accustomed them toyput for the Rext guvdinor: of the Ho
submit to officers of their own appointment; | Pause belvie you ave Low wan the extens
that the dreadful scenes they have passed sive infinence of that ofiice, which he cove
through, has afforded them a lesson to leis, and the coutionl of the OverRAICHT
shun sudden changes and adhere to the ¢s- {A man who could offer to buy votes Ion
rablished government ; that they have ourjimoney, {ut him in possession of Kis. pul
constitution to model one by for the pre |chuse, could be bought himscif.
servation of their rights, and that 2 fice A CITIZEN QF PA.
commerce with the world will rapidly en-¢ 4 5 « ’
lighten their minds, and a close lutcrcourse April 15,1817,
with this country iniuse into them our stn-
timents and ideas and make them acqnain
.ed with our institutions.
Fhe ways of truth and light under a free
government, spread far and wide by a 7rée
press, will disperse the clouds of ignora: ce
and superstition, and Columbia will rival inlware
the sciences and arts whatever boasted lithe case 0
Furope has performed.
Asia, at ope period of time, was (I
region where civilization and
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From the Dcmocroiic Press,
GENERAL JOSEPH HEISTER.
The to al destitution of talents and of g- i
very thing which ‘constitutes character
never more mauvilest than
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fihe
sor. The meanness of ihe shifts whieh
ie only {have been resorted to and the pitifolucss
wi arts hod «of the falsehoods which have been inveored
place. There empires rose, flourished: to give Mr. Hester some claim to the pubs
and passed away. All beyond its confines jiic confidence are the b
was dark as mudnight.
Next, Europe established her sway —
And the time is yct to come w hen Amcrica
wil rise in the majesty of her streniah, relation to his conduct about the compen
bid defiance to the old world, and be ac-lsation Jaw, and the praises bestowed op
konowledged preeminent in greatness toihim for his opposition to the law, ‘agains
the other quarters oi the globe. Nuibing {which he did not even vole, ‘are strong
can hasten these happy events 's0Guer thuniproot of what we aver as to the want of an
the severance of that bond which unitesireal claim iu Mr. Heistor to the suffiag r
the greatest portion of this favored Laud tofof the public. The followin article a
the princes of Spain and Portagal. Inde joriginally published in the Westen Re.
pendence once established, a great share igister, and is this morning re-published i
of the rich commerce of South Asucitcejthe Aurcra eh
will flow into the lap of the United States} «Fhe Flarrishure anti Refivblicarn
and be diffused by our merchants 10 the pking of Mu, Histor Says roe
nations of the carth. United by the com- « fia was a mhem'er of the conv
won tics of interest, two or more republics is that forroed the constitution of the
will divide America. » Great cities will rez} and he then voted and wished to
lieir heads on the banks of the Mississippi] ¢ provided, that youcy men be.ween
wes of 21 and £2, should not be
tg a vote at elections, wnless their
were frecholders.”
« Peacock seems to think this vo
very aristocratical. But if he will
amine the minutes of the conventic
will find that Simon Snyder was one
« eleven pthers” whovoted the same,
Snyder’s democracy has never been g
ed upon this account.”
gst evidence tia
{there were no facts, no truths winch could
be adduced that weuld entitle him to any
consizeration. The many untruths told wp
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the river La Plata. And the sciences and b
arts of Lurope, the grandeur and wealth olp
Asia, will arrive at maniiood vrder the pro-
tccting wing of the American Eagle.
: CIVIS.
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From the Greensburg Register.
If «Civie’ intended his essay in the last oi
Gazetic as a stroke against the election of
William Findlay, I doubt, {with great de
ference to his opinion) that he has been un-
fortunate in the selection of his arguments.
He very gravely intimates, that it was the
intention of the delegates in nominating
William Findlay, ¢ to prescrye the present
democratic ascendancy,” as if this were a
crime or an imposition on the people.
That he will maintain this ascendancy, is
no doubt the wish of a vast majority of the
citizens of this state—and to urge this as
an argnment against his electien, 1s rather
a new ground in Westmoreland county. H
a federal candidate were opposed to him,
this would be the fairest lifie of distinction,
and should form the pivot of discussion—
and perhaps *he question ought row to
turn upon this point, as it is likely the fed-
cralists, through Dr. Leib, might have
some influence on Heister, if he were to
succeed. They never could approech him
directly. But Leib would afford an Acnora-
ble channel of mediation.
What was in the piece of the citizen of
Pa. “goflening down; or what effort was
there toh conceal from the view of the pub-
lic, the real principles by which F ndiay 1s
to govern”? That he is a genuine demo-
crat, never was denied. That his adminis-
tration v 111 be democratic, there is no rea-
gon to doubt —% iat this is what the people
desire, is certain 4
I have said nothing yet of Mr. Heister’s
pretensions or qualifications for governor.
Letthe following « loathsome morsel” of
his late conduct suffice for the present.
On the 3d of March last the session ol
cong css terminated, and Heister drew the
nil amountof his pay under the compensa-
tion law : on the 4h of the same maonih
he was nominated ior governor : on the 25th
of the same month Michael Leib took his
passage in the stage from Harrisburg to
Reading ; on the 29th of the same month
' Heister deposited the surpins of his $1500
salary in the Berks county treasury office.
Look at the following receipt :
Berks county Treasury Office,
Marth 29, 1817.
Item. —Received of Gen. Joseph eis
ter, nme hundved and seventy four dollars
and twenty eight cents, being 5-7 of $1364,
which he made a prescut of (to his congress
district, as money received by him over and
above the six dollars per day as congress
wages) lor the use of thie poor.
Say Berks county RIT4 26
Schuylkill county 389 72
Io George Streffer,
Daniel Levar,
William High,
Erom the records.
J. K. MESSERSMITH.
flere by the directions given to «re
amine the minutes of the convention,”
sre irresistibly led to the conclusion
the writer of the Register had re ex
ed and found that Simeon Snyder was
of the eleven others” that had joined
Joseph Heister in his avisiocratical att
to prevent the son of any man but a
holder from exercising the right of
rage. The fact is directly the rev
Mr. Snyder neither voied lor the pro
tion nor meanly shunk ont of the hou
avoid responsibility ol his vote, he vei
against the proposition. His Nay is ro.
corded on the minutes of the conventioy p,
24, and on the same page is recorded he
Yeaof Joseph Heister,
What are we to say, what can we think
of a cang, or a candidate, the supporters of
which feel itto be so desperate that they
not only invent lies, but they dare to falsify
the records of the state! That there may
be an end put to these shameless perversis
ons, these wicked and wilfvl mlsveprcsens
tations, we again re-publish the names of
all those who voted for disfranclising the
cise of the right cf suffrage to © the sous of
freeholders.” We make the extract from
page S4 of the minutes of the convention 3
any one may examine it at our office, or ag
any of the public librarics.
YEAS--Hillary Baker, Samuc! Ogden
Thos. Jenks, John Barclay, Willi Gibe
bons, JOSEPH H LISTER, Balzer Gelir
John Ardai, Peter Rhoads, John Hoge, D.
Redick and Jonathan Shoemaker.
Will the Register, will the Aurora, or
any other federal paper that has published
these falschicods, do the public the justice
to publish the truth? We answer No!
They know tliat the dissemination of truth
would be fatal to them. Their only hope
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deceit.”
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From the Brownsville Telegraph.
The editor of the United Siates’ Gazette
says he is induced to believe ¢ from con
versations” he has had “ with gentlemen
from various parts of the state, as well as
from others of the city {of Philadelphia}
who have travelled m the interior, that a-
mong the federalists in the country, the o- 5
pinion is almost unanimous that it 18 inex«
pedient to nomivate avy federal candidate
for the office of governor, at the next gene
epal election.” He then gives it as his o=
pinion, that the federalists will not nome
nate a candidate. -
It the editor of the Gazctte is correct
and no fedéral nomination is to be made
we arc natureldy led to inguire, what will be
the consequence I In wuich scale will the
federal party thraw thd weight? From
Commissioners.
(Copy)
“ i f be
federal cuidate for govers
sons of poar men. mn confining the egere 4
of success is by # falsifying the balancesby |